These descriptors are referenced from the nbm:nbm mojo. The descriptor file is deprecated since version 3.8.
A rather common module descriptor. Basic properties filled in, defines some libraries that ship with the module and declared dependencies on other NetBeans modules.
<nbm>
<moduleType>normal</moduleType>
<codeNameBase>org.codehaus.mevenide.netbeans/2</codeNameBase>
<cluster>mevenide</cluster>
<manifest>src/main/nbm/manifest.mf</manifest>
<!-- distributionUrl important when creating an autoupdate center. The expected download URL for the module is:
${distributionUrl}/${finalName}.nbm
-->
<distributionUrl>http://mevenide.codehaus.org/nbm_release2</distributionUrl>
<licenseName>Apache License, Version 2.0</licenseName>
<licenseFile>license.txt</licenseFile>
<libraries>
<!-- these dependencies get copied to modules/ext directory in the mevenide cluster and
get referenced from the module's jar usign the Class-Path manifest entry.
Not necessary since 2.5 version of nbm-maven-plugin
-->
<library>org.netbeans.api:org-netbeans-graph</library>
<library>org.netbeans.api:org-netbeans-graph-vmd</library>
</libraries>
<dependencies>
<!-- all of these dependencies get referrenced as module dependencies of this project's artifact.
Not necessary since 2.5 version of nbm-maven-plugin
-->
<dependency>
<id>org.codehaus.mevenide:run-jar-bridge</id>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<id>org.codehaus.mevenide:debugger-bridge</id>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<id>org.netbeans.api:org-netbeans-api-debugger-jpda</id>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<id>org.netbeans.api:org-netbeans-api-debugger</id>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<id>org.netbeans.api:org-netbeans-modules-options-api</id>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<id>org.netbeans.api:org-openide-io</id>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<id>org.netbeans.api:org-openide-modules</id>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</nbm>Apart from the usual properties, this one declares additional files that ought to be packed into the module.
<nbm>
<moduleType>eager</moduleType>
<codeNameBase>org.codehaus.mevenide.netbeans.nbrepo/2</codeNameBase>
<cluster>mevenide</cluster>
<manifest>src/main/nbm/manifest.mf</manifest>
<distributionUrl>http://mevenide.codehaus.org/nbm_release2</distributionUrl>
<licenseName>Apache License, Version 2.0</licenseName>
<licenseFile>license.txt</licenseFile>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<id>org.codehaus.mevenide:nb-project</id>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<nbmResources>
<nbmResource>
<baseDirectory>../ide-mojos/target</baseDirectory>
<includes>
<include>m2-repository/**</include>
</includes>
</nbmResource>
</nbmResources>
</nbm>